The Education Minister, Haruna Iddrisu, has directed the Ghana Education Service (GES) to urgently review the transportation system for examination question papers to avoid delays at examination centres across the country.
The directive follows an incident on Monday, May 4, at the Boako examination centre, where question papers arrived late, disrupting the start of the BECE. A total of 273 candidates from nine schools were affected.
At the time of the Minister’s visit, answer booklets had already been distributed. However, supervisors, invigilators, and candidates were still waiting for the question papers, while other centres had already begun the examination about 15 minutes earlier.
Expressing concern over the development, Mr Iddrisu instructed the GES Director-General to work with the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to review the logistics surrounding the distribution of examination materials urgently.
“Ordinarily, candidates are supposed to be seated 15 minutes before the examination. However, I see answer sheets here without question papers.
“They are now on their way. We must therefore review the process of transporting examination questions to centres. Director-General, you sit on the WAEC Council, so we need immediate reforms,” he said.
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